trying to get my ostrich installed last night and it was giving me some problems.

got tuner pro installed on the lappy. ostrich is wired to my 7747 and then the ostrich is plugged into my lappy. but i cant do anything because my computer dosent recognize my ostrich is plugged in.

ive had a rough week so far and my brain is already fried. im sure its something stupid but could some one please give me some advice.

alreay tried changing the com ports and still no go. im prety sur ei got all the drivers off the cd. but i dont think the computer knows its plugged in since under my computer i dont get an ico for attached hardware.

any help is appreciated

-mark

 

Very simple pointer, however you should hear a ding from your volume whenever any properly installed device is re-inserted, are you getting that? Are you sure your usb ports are functional? The included CD really is as easy to install as it looks.

- B

 

all my usb ports do work. i can run my mouse or my flash drive off any of the 4.

also when i plug it in i ge tthe little noise and i see an icon in my icon try for a a plugged in cable, its the same icon i get when i plug in my flash drive. but if i open up my computer i dont ahve an icon in there like i get when any of my other hardware is plugged in

 

When all else fails, read the docs!

http://www.moates.net/documentation....entation_id=15

-M

 

i did all that. but like i said my brian is prety fried this week so im gonna go back and try and redo that part. maybe i did something wrong

thanks for all the help so far guys.

maybe ill take a vacation day on friday and try and relax and sort this whole mess out

 

well i got home form work plugged the ostrich in and it worked after i set some of the setting right.

but now im getting a rapidly flashing cel and a high idle. im assuming its limp mode.

dont matter what i do but it always starts in limp mode.

im using the 42 xdf file and a bin for the 4.3 i found.

dunno what im doing wrong. tunerpro rt reconized the ostrich. ive got checksum disabled. and it says its emulating. but when i start the truck i get a solid cel and its still in limp mode

 

If you modify a bin on the fly, and then load it to the Ostrich without saving it to the hard drive the checksum will be wrong. This always results in the ECM going into Limp Home Mode at an engine start-up.

Save the modified bin to the hard drive, then Open it and Upload to the Ostrich before starting the engine.

It's been a couple of months since I've used mine, but this is how I remember it being. If you still can't figure it out PM me and I'll look into it again.

Limp Home Mode is obvious because the Cooling Fan will run with just the ignition key turned ON.

 

im prety sure i did all that. ill have to go through and verify that im doinge verything right tonight after work

 

I'm having the same problem, I've disabled the checksum (i've tried both locations 04 and 08) I've tried useing the 28 pin adapter and also changing the jumper settings to emulate a 24 pin chip as well. Granted I've only spent20 minutes and haven't messed with it in a while.

I'm thinking there is something i'm doing wrong, as it's worked fine on two 165' ecm's and one 730' ecm.

I'm about ready to do another TBI setup and I want to get this working. Any suggestions?

 

did exactly what you said and im still getting limp mode.

just to be certain that it is infact limp mode, when i start the truck up i get a solid CEL and a 2000rpm idle. from a cold start like today after work it will idle good for about 1-2 seconds then go to a 2k idle.